Legnickie Pole Sights

  1. Church of St Hedwig

    Across the road from the Museum of the Battle of Legnica is the former Benedictine Abbey. Its central part is occupied by the Church of St Hedwig , a masterpiece of Baroque art dating from the 1730s and designed by Bohemian architect Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, who also did the sublime Minorite church in Eger in northern Hungary. Inside, the vaulting has splendid frescoes by Bavarian painter Cosmas Damian Asam.

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  2. Museum of the Battle of Legnica

    Duke Henryk Pobożny's mother, Princess Hedwig (Księżna Jadwiga), built a small commemorative chapel on the site of his decapitation, later replaced by a Gothic church. The church now shelters the Museum of the Battle of Legnica. The modest exhibition features weapons, armour and a copy of the duke's tomb - the original is in the National Museum in Wrocław - in the nave on the ground floor, and a miniature model of the battle (commentary in German and Polish only) on the 1st floor.

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